dial. [Of obscure origin; cf. OE. ʓeléwed ‘debilitatum’ (Ælfric Exod. xxii. 10 Laud MS.; Grein conjectured ʓeléfed), also -lǽwe in limlǽweo lame in a limb, léwsa ‘inopia.’] Weak. Also, of a leaden or pale color; pale, wan.
c. 1325. Old Age, in Rel. Ant., II. 211. Mi bodi wexit lewe [gloss debile].
1611. Cotgr., Decoulouré,… pale, bleake, wan, lew. Ibid., Livide, wan, lew, bleake, pale, of a leaden, earthie, or dead colour.
1882. Lancash. Gloss., Liew, thin, poor, diluted.
